#AE8740#AE8740

#AE8740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.101 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8740
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, 6.91, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 43.60, 80.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.017 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.101 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0464, 26.6986, 8.5783)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8740 #4067AE

analogous

#AE5040 #AE8740 #9EAE40

triadic

#AE8740 #40AE87 #8740AE

tetradic

#AE8740 #40AE50 #4067AE #AE409E

square

#AE8740 #40AE50 #4067AE #AE409E

split-complementary

#AE8740 #409EAE #5040AE

monochromatic

#55421F #816430 #AE8740 #C6A465 #D7BE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8740

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8740	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.101 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a977',
    500: '#ae8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8740;
$custom-light: #c9a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64648,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8740

secondary

#889CC2

accent

#81D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8740

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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